Fade to grey

You were the candle burning in a darkened room the sun to light my way. The moon at night the stars that shone the answer to my prayer. But now your gone the sun no longer shines the moon has lost its glow. The stars were dimmed dark clouds appeared when God took you from our home.

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Beryl Edmonds

Date: 2/12/2025 2:34:00 AM

Dear brother John, I’m sorry to have missed this lovely tribute to your lost loved one on her heavenly birthday, I feel for you… Sis Beryl

John Read
Date: 2/12/2025 7:55:00 AM

Hi sister Beryl, birthdays and holidays are the toughest times without the one you love, hope Alan is getting better. xx

Michael Tor

Date: 2/9/2025 11:30:00 PM

John thinking of your soulmate on her birthday is such a loving and caring act on your part. Your words are heartfelt and the affect of your wife's departure is evident here in your Poetry. There will be a special day that you and her will be reunited, only this time there will be no more death but joyous eternity together. Hope all is well my friend and God bless you John and comfort your heart during this period without your wife...

John Read
Date: 2/11/2025 7:06:00 AM

Thank you Michael for your heartwarming comment, birthdays and holidays are a tough time,so many memories, thank you for your visit and heartwarming comment.

Ink Empress

Date: 2/8/2025 8:19:00 AM

I can feel the depth of loss and grief through this poem dear john, it flows with such poignant emotions that truly is soul stirring. Made me tear up as i read the ending, as i can imagine how difficult it must be losing your beloved, the one that was like the candle burning in a darkened room for you, your sun and moon: sending you light today and always: i felt this poem deeply

John Read
Date: 2/8/2025 10:49:00 AM

Thank you dear Ink for your heartwarming comment, losing one's life long partner is so hard to deal with, it still feels like only yesterday, once again thank you for your visit and comment have a lovely weekend God bless. xx

Hiya Sharma

Date: 2/8/2025 7:50:00 AM

This is such a heartfelt and poignant write dear John! The ache of losing your loved one is truly palpable here, yet you've so evocatively crafted this soul-moving tribute for her, I hope she is in peace and rest in the heaven. Memories continue to live on within our souls...Sending you light!

John Read
Date: 2/8/2025 10:51:00 AM

It's those memories that give me comfort, I still feel her presence everyday, thank you for your time and comment Hiya God bless you. xx

Panagiota Romios

Date: 2/7/2025 5:08:00 PM

A lovely write, John. I sense your loss in in my soul . Thank you. Pangie xx

John Read
Date: 2/8/2025 5:11:00 AM

Thank you Pangie, I know you're been through the same thing. xx

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 2/7/2025 12:48:00 PM

What a lovely write you have here. So sorry about your loss. I wonder if they have birthdays in heaven. Have a blessed day as you write away..................

John Read
Date: 2/8/2025 5:11:00 AM

Hi Paula, I'm sure they do. xx

Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 2/7/2025 5:00:00 AM

Hello John, Oh, so deeply moving, a heartfelt tribute wrapped in sorrow and love. I loved that this is so well inked, as your words honor both memory and emotion in the most tender way. Winter Blessings, Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:54:00 AM

Thank you Daniel, for your visit and lovely comment God bless you.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 2/7/2025 2:59:00 AM

- So beautiful and sensitive, John...loved and deeply missed - hugs

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:52:00 AM

Thank you Anne, for your heartwarming comment God bless. xx

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 2/6/2025 11:08:00 PM

I can relate to this poem. We both lost our loved wives. I'm sure they are in heaven.

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:52:00 AM

Hi Victor, I do believe they are looking down from heaven.

thriveni c mysore

Date: 2/6/2025 7:36:00 PM

sorry about the loss dear poet. 'answer to my prayer' a beautiful thought.

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:51:00 AM

Thank you thriveni, for your visit and comment God bless.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/6/2025 7:15:00 PM

Ohh this is so precious, John. Love it.

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:50:00 AM

Thank you Andrea your so kind.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 2/6/2025 9:41:00 AM

She lives on in your heart John and the wonderful memories you have of her, she's never far from you. Tom

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:49:00 AM

That is so true Tom, I still feel her presence everyday.

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 2/6/2025 7:51:00 AM

Painful and sorrowful and yet we must accept what is and turn toward God for solace

John Read
Date: 2/7/2025 9:45:00 AM

Hi Seeker, God has seen me through.

Tom Woody

Date: 2/6/2025 6:08:00 AM

Sad poem John, though I am convinced that God doesn't take anyone. Our time simply comes. We all take our turn. My wife just lost her mother this week

John Read
Date: 2/6/2025 6:31:00 AM

Hi Tom, sorry to hear about your loss, sending my condolences to you and your wife God bless.

John Read

Date: 2/6/2025 5:59:00 AM

Thinking of my late wife and soulmate on her heavenly birthday.